There are more than forty newspapers published in the cities of Kerala, a state on the Malabar Coast, which reflects the fact that Keralans are by far India’s most literate citizens.

(A) which reflects
(B) and that number reflects
(C) which reflect
(D) that number reflects
(E) that reflects
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There are more than forty newspapers published in the cities of Kerala, a state on the Malabar Coast, which reflects the fact that Keralans are by far India’s most literate citizens.


(A) which reflects

which refers to Malabar coast its illogical as the number reflects and not the coast

(B) and that number reflects
only good option out of the rest!
B is correct

(C) which reflect
which can refer back to cities as well as newspapers, which is followed by a plural verb select, therefore cannot refer back to Malabar coast
either-ways the antecedents are illogical

(E) that reflects
that is vague as we don't know what "that" refers to
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